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Clinton Calls For "Patience" With North Korea
AFP ^ | May 07, 2009

Posted on 05/07/2009 5:41:51 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

WASHINGTON (AFP)--U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that the U.S. and its negotiating partners may have to "show some patience" before nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea can resume.

Clinton, speaking at a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, said both the U.S. and Russia want to try to get the North Koreans back to the six-party negotiating framework.

"We may have to show some patience before that is achieved, but we agree on the goal that we are aiming for," Clinton said.

The U.S. has been involved in negotiations with the two Koreas, China, Japan and Russia aimed at scrapping North Korea's nuclear program in exchange for aid under a landmark six-party agreement signed in 2007.

The negotiations deadlocked late last year over a dispute with North Korea over how to verify disarmament before taking a sharp turn for the worse with North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket April 5.

The North last week threatened to conduct a second nuclear test and ballistic missile tests unless the United Nations Security Council apologized for condemning and punishing its rocket launch.

Pyongyang said it put a peaceful satellite into orbit but the U.S., South Korea and Japan said it staged a disguised missile test.

When a Russian reporter asked if she was prepared to visit Pyongyang in a bid to find a way out of the deadlock, Clinton replied: "No, I have no plans of going to North Korea."

Stephen Bosworth, the special envoy for North Korea policy, was in Beijing Thursday at the start of a tour of Asia and Russia aimed at convincing the reclusive Communist state to resume nuclear disarmament talks.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: chiapet; china; clinton; democrat; democrats; hillary; hillaryclinton; idiotalert; nkorea; northkorea; nuclear; nukes; obama; stuckonstupid
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1 posted on 05/07/2009 5:41:51 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Clinton is a damn fool who is too stupid to learn from the past.


2 posted on 05/07/2009 5:46:11 PM PDT by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Dereliction of duty is a better term to use in regards with Hillary Clinton and Mr. Obama ....
What are they going to say when North Korea lobs a few nukes at South Korea or even has the capability of hitting our west coast ??? are they still going to say that we should be patient with North Korea ? .....
3 posted on 05/07/2009 5:46:42 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

It has never worked.


4 posted on 05/07/2009 5:47:13 PM PDT by allmost
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Before or after they fire another missle???


5 posted on 05/07/2009 5:47:15 PM PDT by handy old one (It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. Aristotle)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Patience? As opposed to what? U.N. sanctions? We know how effective those are.


6 posted on 05/07/2009 5:47:48 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Tailgunner Joe
"We may have to show some patience before that is achieved, but we agree on the goal that we are aiming for," Clinton said.

In other words, North Korea told her to go screw herself, and she doesn't have a clue as to what to do next.

7 posted on 05/07/2009 5:49:21 PM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that the U.S. and its negotiating partners may have to "show some patience" before nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea can resume.

What would you do otherwise? Throw a tantrum?

8 posted on 05/07/2009 5:49:47 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: Prole

Kim Jong Il has a western cleaning lady? And he threw a party for her? Very strange society.

He’s got a spot on his wierd Kim suit too. He probably can’t see it cause his paunch hides it from him.

Who’s going to tell him? No one, that’s who.


9 posted on 05/07/2009 5:50:14 PM PDT by Steely Tom (RKBA: last line of defense against vote fraud)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

You can’t deal with psychos like Kim Jong (mentally) Il!


10 posted on 05/07/2009 5:52:54 PM PDT by getarope (One Big Ass Mistake, America!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
"Ah, first missire orbiting very fine, Hirrary!"

"You don't want second, you come have cognac wif me!"

11 posted on 05/07/2009 5:53:22 PM PDT by humblegunner (Where my PIE at, fool?)
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Patience? Three U.S. administrations and counting...


12 posted on 05/07/2009 5:54:34 PM PDT by americanophile
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Ohhhh yeah ( MEGA SARCASM ) ..... they are getting their magic Pixie Stick dust in order and wave their magic wands and everything will be OK ..... they must be in short supply of the Grap Purple Pixie Magic dust treats.....

13 posted on 05/07/2009 5:55:21 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

What a clueless, irrelevant twit.


14 posted on 05/07/2009 5:59:15 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (When the going gets tough, Democrats switch sides.)
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To: handy old one

Thats what I have in mind


15 posted on 05/07/2009 6:05:41 PM PDT by greatdefender (If You Want Peace.....Prepare For War)
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To: Talisker
In other words, North Korea told her to go screw herself, and she doesn't have a clue as to what to do next.

Are you questioning her knowledge of what to do about Korea, or screwing herself?

My guess is both.

16 posted on 05/07/2009 6:08:58 PM PDT by FLCowboy, (If the Iraq war was so wrong, why is the Afghanistan war so right??)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

cue the “oh no not this shit again” guy.


17 posted on 05/07/2009 6:20:50 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nkorea/index
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Hillary Clinton is today’s STUCK ON STUPID award winner.


18 posted on 05/07/2009 6:28:13 PM PDT by Cindy
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...aimed at scrapping North Korea's nuclear program in exchange for aid under a landmark six-party agreement signed in 2007...

So, NK obviously violated the terms of that deal. Our starting position should be we take back any and all concessions we made in that agreement. Further, before we even talk about talking, NK takes positive, verifiable steps towards coming into compliance with the agreement. Until then, starve and freeze NK. Oh, and by the way, the next IRBM test you run thinly disguised as a "satellite launch" attempt - we're shooting it down, no matter where it is headed.

19 posted on 05/07/2009 6:30:58 PM PDT by CodeMasterPhilzar (I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom. You can keep the "change.")
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To: Tailgunner Joe

What else would a sociopath of state say to a sociopath of state?


20 posted on 05/07/2009 6:43:03 PM PDT by PGalt
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